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    Fight for equality in baby steps

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 30/07/2015

    » Gordon Lake, Manuel Santos and their son Alvaro are stuck in Thailand. The family has been here for the past six months — exhausting their savings, they can't return home. All because they refuse to leave the country without Carmen, the family's latest member.

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    Mystery bird

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/08/2015

    » One minute, the rain was pouring down. The next minute, it stopped and the skies cleared. That was how our early morning search for the endangered Gurney's pitta began.

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    Mother's natural option

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 11/08/2015

    » Pornthip Eakjeen may live more than 1,000km from her five-month-old son, but the long distance doesn't stop her from breastfeeding him.

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    A Trunk-Full of love

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/08/2015

    » Carol Buckley first encountered an elephant when she was 19 and that short moment became a turning point in her life. Drawn into their intelligence and playfulness -- and by her sympathy towards the neglected condition of elephants -- Buckley has been putting efforts towards improving their welfare for the last 40 years.

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    A practical approach

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 25/08/2015

    » This time last year, the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was all the rage online. People were dumping a bucket of ice-cold water on their heads everywhere, regardless of whether they understood or supported the cause. Still, the campaign succeeded to a certain extent in raising people's awareness of the neuromuscular disease.

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    Farmers' market at your doorstep

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 14/09/2015

    » There's a freezer inside Ian Soo's cosy living room, right next to his couch and TV. During our recent meeting, he rummaged through the contents a few times, revealing numerous packages of frozen premium meat inside.

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    It's sabai, sabai with Thai Smile Airways

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 18/09/2015

    » Thai Smile Airways hosted "The Journey Of Your Smiles" event on Wednesday night to explain their latest strategy to ensure passengers' comfort on-board all their flights. New flight attendant uniforms were also unveiled at the event which was held at Vivarium by Chefs Ministry on Rama IV. The venue was packed with media and guests, which included both the airline executives and Thai celebrities such as Korn Narongdej and MR Mannalumas Yukol.

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    Evaporating nutrition

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 22/09/2015

    » Sweetened condensed milk is one of the staples of the Thai kitchen. We pour the gooey, creamy goodness on roti, bread, coffee, tea and more -- even topping it off with sugar sometimes. Its sweetness is liked by both children and adults. We can buy a can for about 20 baht in practically every shop that sells general goods.

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    Stuck on you

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 23/09/2015

    » Varanon Thongkame and Kosol Thongduang make stickers for a living. Not the kind that can be peeled off and stuck on random surfaces -- the pair make and sell virtual cartoon stickers for the popular messaging app, Line.

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    Blind devotion to books

    Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 24/09/2015

    » Yoshimi Horiuchi -- the founder of Always Reading Caravan Association (ARC), an NGO that sets up mobile libraries in rural Thailand -- is passionate about reading. Nothing in this world can quench her love for literature, not even the fact that she is blind. 

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